Husking-pin



(No Model.) S. M. HALVARDSGAARD.

. 'HUSKING PIN. N0.= 490,559. Patented Jan. 24, 1893.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,559, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed June 25, 1892. Serial No.438,032. (No model.) A

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SVEIN M. HALVARDS- GAARD, of South Sioux Falls, inthe county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented a newand useful Improvement in I-Iusking-Pins, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hand corn-huskers or husking pins, to whichadjustable finger receptacles or straps are attached, and the plate orblade of which, at its forward end, is preferably of forked constructionforming hollow bent claws.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts in a husking pin of this description, the same including anadjustable palm-piece that protects the palm of the hand and givesincreased strength to work and control the impleinent.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section, upon the line l1 in Fig. 2,of a husking pin constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 isan under or inner face longitudinal View of said pin; Fig. 3 is a rearend View thereof; Fig.4 is a transverse section upon the line t4: inFig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows on; and Fig. 5 is atransverse section upon the line 55 in Fig. 2, looking in the directionof the arrows y.

A, is the metal plate or stripping portion of the husker, preferablymade of steel, and constructed at its forward end with two bent clawsmade concave on their faces, the one, I), of said claws being in linewith the body portion of said plate and the other one, b, curving overto one side of it, whereby the husking pin can be more perfectlymanipulated to act upon and strip the ear of corn. The body portion ofsaid plate is made concave on its under or inner side, as usual, and itis fitted in the rear with a lower, externally-convex,longitudinally-sliding sleeve or palm-piece B, that may also be made ofsteel and which, when using the implement, protects the palm of the handand gives increased strength to work and control the tool and alsoadapts it to different widths of hand.

This palm-piece B, has attached to it a pivoted buckle O, with which theback end of the leather or flexible strap D, that passes over the backof the hand, as in other husking pins, engages. By thus connecting thestrap at its one end with the attached buckle of the palm-piece B, itcan be regulated as required by sliding said palm-piece backward orforward.

E is a saddle or key adjustable along a slot 5, in the plate A, forholding the strap D, intermediately of its length down toward'the backof said plate to make the strap form separate finger and handreceptacles, but this key, if desired, might be omitted, or be adjustedout of the Way when a mitten is used on the hand.

F, is a longitudinally adjustable slide to which the forward end of thestrap D is attached, and answers for a finger piece, said slide beingbent upward and forward at its front end Where the strap is attached toit,

and being of bifurcated construction or made.

of stout bent wire with its two legs arranged to pass throughlongitudinal slots 0 a, in the plate A, to the inner side of said platewhere they are secured by a nut 01 and washer e, to hold the fingerpiece or rest F to the plate, and which are not visible from or form anyobjectionable exposure on the exterior of the pin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In a husking pin, the combination, with the stripping blade or plate,of a lower, externally-convex, longitudinally-sliding palmpiece,arranged on the under side of the rear portion of said plate andprovided with a strapcarrying buckle or holder embracing said plate,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In a husking pin, the combination, with the stripping blade or plate,and its lower rear longitudinally-sliding palm-piece, having an attachedbuckle embracing the plate, of the longitudinally-adjustable forwardfinger piece, and the flexible strap connecting said finger piece withthe buckle of the palm-piece, essentially as described.

3. In a husking pin, the combination of the stripping blade or plate Ahaving claws b b,

slots 0 c, at its forward end, the finger rest or adjustable slide F,extending its end through said slots and clamped to the under side ofthe plate, the saddle or key E, the longitudinally-sliding palm-piece Bon the under side of the rear end of the plate and having a buckle Cembracing the plate A, and the flexible strap D, substantially as shownand described.

SVEIN M. HALVARDSGAARD.

WVitnesses:

CHAS. RUMMEL, HENRY SCHAETZEL.

